ETA FORECASTS OF TOTAL ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION

IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING TUESDAY EVENING (00Z 1/26/2000)

All forecasts are valid for the same 24-hr accumulation period

48 HR FCST FROM SUNDAY EVE(00Z 1/24)	36 HR FCST FROM MONDAY MORN (12Z 1/24)
30 HR FCST FROM MONDAY AFT (18Z 1/24)	24 HR FCST FROM MONDAY EVE (00Z 1/25)

The trend by the Eta to move the precipitation further west with each run is quite evident, but the Eta did not predict major amounts in the Washington, DC area until the 00Z run the evening before the event.